naznatips said:
75% was just a generalization. Piracy is rampant in China, Korea, Armenia, the Phillipines, and other countries that can't often afford to pay for full priced games. However, it has no real bearing on the industry, so I don't know what he is getting at. |
This is what I was able to dig up (and there are undoubtedly more sources that may have differing numbers - just like VGChartz, Media Create, Enterbrain and NPD!):
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NEW/is_1993_June_4/ai_14017081
Top pirate countries by dollar loss amounts are as follows, with percentages in parentheses indicating how much of the installed software is thought to be pirated: Japan (92 percent) $3.0 billion, United States (35 percent) $1.9 billion, France (73 percent) $1.2 billion, Germany (62 percent) $1.0 billion, United Kingdom (54 percent) $685 million, Korea (82 percent) $648 million, Taiwan (93 percent) $585 million, Italy (86 percent) $550 million, and Belgium/The Netherlands/Luxembourg (BeNeLux) (66 percent) $419 million.
Surprise surprise Japan!
http://www.since1968.com/article/148/
- Vietnam, with a GDP per capita of US $410 and a piracy rate of 95% (in other words, 95% of the software in use in Vietnam is pirated)
- Indonesia, GDP per capita US $680, piracy rate 89%
- United States, GDP per capita US $35,200, piracy rate 23%
- Norway, GDP per capita US $37,020, piracy rate 32%
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_sof_pir_rat-crime-software-piracy-rate
| Rank | Countries | Amount (top to bottom) | |
| #1 | Vietnam: | 92% | |
| #2 | China: | 92% | |
| #3 | Ukraine: | 91% | |
| #4 | Indonesia: | 88% | |
| #5 | Zimbabwe: | 87% | |
| #6 | Russia: | 87% | |
| #7 | Nigeria: | 84% | |
| #8 | Algeria: | 84% | |
| #9 | Pakistan: | 83% | |
| #10 | Paraguay: | 83% | |
| #11 | Tunisia: | 82% | |
| #12 | Thailand: | 80% | |
| #13 | Kenya: | 80% | |
| #14 | El Salvador: | 79% | |
| #15 | Nicaragua: | 79% | |
| #16 | Bolivia: | 78% | |
| #17 | Guatemala: | 77% | |
| #18 | Lebanon: | 74% | |
| #19 | India: | 73% | |
| #20 | Honduras: | 73% | |
| #21 | Morocco: | 73% | |
| #22 | Romania: | 73% | |
| #23 | Venezuela: | 72% | |
| #24 | Philippines: | 72% | |
| #25 | Argentina: | 71% | |
| #26 | Bulgaria: | 71% | |
| #27 | Panama: | 69% | |
| #28 | Egypt: | 69% | |
| #29 | Peru: | 68% | |
| #30 | Costa Rica: | 68% | |
| #31 | Ecuador: | 68% | |
| #32 | Kuwait: | 68% | |
| #33 | Uruguay: | 67% | |
| #34 | Turkey: | 66% | |
| #35 | Jordan: | 65% | |
| #36 | Oman: | 65% | |
| #37 | Bahrain: | 64% | |
| #38 | Qatar: | 63% | |
| #39 | Greece: | 63% | |
| #40 | Chile: | 63% | |
| #41 | Mexico: | 63% | |
| #42 | Malaysia: | 63% | |
| #43 | Brazil: | 61% | |
| #44 | Croatia: | 59% | |
| #45 | Poland: | 58% | |
| #46 | Lithuania: | 58% | |
| #47 | Latvia: | 57% | |
| #48 | Cyprus: | 55% | |
| #49 | Estonia: | 54% | |
| #50 | Saudi Arabia: | 54% | |
| #51 | Colombia: | 53% | |
| #52 | Slovenia: | 52% | |
| #53 | Hong Kong: | 52% | |
| #54 | Slovakia: | 50% | |
| #55 | Italy: | 49% | |
| #56 | Malta: | 46% | |
| #57 | Puerto Rico: | 46% | |
| #58 | France: | 45% | |
| #59 | Spain: | 44% | |
| #60 | Taiwan: | 43% | |
| #61 | Singapore: | 43% | |
| #62 | Hungary: | 42% | |
| #63 | Ireland: | 41% | |
| #64 | Portugal: | 41% | |
| #65 | Czech Republic: | 40% | |
| #66 | Reunion: | 39% | |
| #67 | South Africa: | 36% | |
| #68 | Canada: | 35% | |
| #69 | Israel: | 35% | |
| #70 | United Arab Emirates: | 34% | |
| #71 | Netherlands: | 33% | |
| #72 | Norway: | 32% | |
| #73 | Australia: | 31% | |
| #74 | Switzerland: | 31% | |
| #75 | Finland: | 31% | |
| #76 | Germany: | 30% | |
| #77 | Japan: | 29% | |
| #78 | Belgium: | 29% | |
| #79 | United Kingdom: | 29% | |
| #80 | Austria: | 27% | |
| #81 | Sweden: | 27% | |
| #82 | Denmark: | 26% | |
| #83 | New Zealand: | 23% | |
| #84 | United States: | 22% | |
| Weighted average: | 57.8% |
This is not specifically video game software related, but software in general, if I'm not mistaken.
From what I understand, though, the US and Scandinavian countries (Finland being most prominent, if I'm not mistaken) are the worst, per capita in illegal file sharing. Can't find the sources, but I do clearly remember reading about it. (File sharing being potentially software, but also music - and in this respect there are gross piracy issues rampant everywhere).
